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Solitude Quotes by Charlotte Bronte
- After a youth and manhood passed half in unutterable misery and half in dreary solitude, I have for the first time found what I can…
- But solitude is sadness.' 'Yes; it is sadness. Life, however, has worse than that. Deeper than melancholy lies heart-break.
- As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I daresay it would…
- My sister Emily loved the moors. Flowers brighter than the rose bloomed in the blackest of the heath for her; out of a sullen hollow…
More Solitude Quotes
- Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
- I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. — Karen Armstrong
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. — Francis Bacon
- Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine. — Honore de Balzac
- First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil
- Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. — Aphra Behn
- I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone. — Elayne Boosler
- I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses… — Jorge Luis Borges
- I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient… — Emily Bronte
- Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once. — Robert Browning
- Solitude is the place of purification. — Martin Buber